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My money's on this guy being the one who ordered that banner:
http://badgerband.com/darin-olson/
Dr. Darin Olson is the Assistant Director and Percussion Instructor for the University of Wisconsin Band. He comes to Wisconsin after serving as Assistant Director and Percussion Coordinator for the Rider High School Band in Wichita Falls, Texas. Prior to that he was arranger and instructor for the University of Missouri, Marching Mizzou Drumline. Olson received his bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State University, his master’s degree from the University of Missouri, and doctorate at Ohio State University. While at Missouri he received the “Helen Mitchell Outstanding Percussionist Award” and earned the “Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate Award” at Ohio State. For several years Olson has been active as a clinician, educator, and performer throughout the Midwest and South. He is an active member of the National Association for Music Education, Percussive Arts Society, and has been in Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Societies. In addition to his work with the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Olson also conducts one of the School of Music’s University Bands.
The rest of the band staff listed are either graduate TA's, or "field assistants".
The former are basically slave labor who do the heavy lifting for the directors, and by heavy lifting, I literally mean packing drums and tubas onto box trucks and getting all their shit moved.
Field assistants are even lower than TA's.
We used to call them "Beat Bitches", because they had to babysit that infernal "Dr. Beat" loud pinging metronome that keeps the rabble in step and the drumline from rushing or dragging the beat.
All are music majors, usually on scholarship, and they're paying the piper.
No way any of those people would have the power to spend budget money to order new color guard or auxiliary equipment. It's got to be Olson.